USD SCHEDULE USD Men's Basketball 1st official practice this Saturday

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1 USD Men s Basketball; Sept. 30, 2014 Ted Gosen, Associate Director of Athletics/Media Relations USD SCHEDULE USD Men's Basketball 1st official practice this Saturday 11/14-15 LMU CLASSIC 11/14 USD vs. Boise State 3:30 PM LMU vs. SE Missouri State 6:00 PM 11/15 USD vs. SE Missouri State 2:30 PM LMU vs. Boise State 5:00 PM 11/19 FLORIDA A&M TBD 11/ WOODEN LEGACY 11/24 W. MICHIGAN (@ JCP) TBD 11/27 vs. Xavier # - ESPN2 1:30 PM 11/28 Princeton or UTEP # TBD 11/27 WMU, LBSU, SJSU, UW ## TBD San Diego State - ESPNU 8:00 PM UCLA TBD UC Santa Barbara TBD 12/13 NEW ORLEANS TBD 12/21 SD CHRISTIAN TBD 12/27 PORTLAND* TBD 12/29 GONZAGA* TBD San Francisco* TBD Santa Clara* TBD 1/8 LMU* TBD 1/10 PEPPERDINE* TBD Saint Mary's* TBD Pacific* TBD 1/24 BYU* TBD 1/29 SANTA CLARA* TBD 1/31 SAN FRANCISCO* TBD Loyola Marymount* TBD Pepperdine* TBD 2/12 PACIFIC* TBD 2/14 SAINT MARY'S* TBD BYU* - ESPNU 7:00 PM Gonzaga* - ESPN and/or 2 8:00 PM Portland* TBD 2015 WCC Basketball Championship 3/6 First Round $ TBD 3/7 Quarterfinal Round $ TBD 3/9 Semifinals $ - ESPN or 2 6/8 PM 3/10 Championship $ - ESPN or 2 6:00 PM All USD home games in BOLD CAPS played at Jenny Craig Pavilion (5,100). *West Coast Conference # Wooden Legacy at CSUF Titan Gym ## Wooden Legacy at Honda Center $ WCC Basketball Championships to be played at The Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. All games on ESPN 1700AM with Jack Cronin. START OF OFFICIAL PRACTICES BEGIN SATURDAY: USD head men's basketball coach Bill Grier, who enters his 8th year at the helm of the program, along with his coaching staff, will kickoff the season with their first official team practice on Saturday, October 4th, from 7:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m. in the Jenny Craig Pavilion. Media planning to attend need to contact Ted Gosen at least one day in advance. EXPERIENCED COACHING STAFF RETURNS: Eighth-year head coach Bill Grier returns his entire coaching staff, including two assistants that have previous head coaching experience. Mike Burns, who enters his 7th year with the Toreros, was head coach at Eastern Washington University. Rodney Tention, who begins his 4th year, earned head coaching experience at WCC foe Loyola Marymount. Assistant Kyle Bankhead is back for his 8th season with San Diego, while former player and USD alum Ryan Harbour is in his third year and second as Director of Basketball Operations. FOUR STARTERS AND NINE LETTERMEN BACK FROM CLUB: USD returns a veteran club from last year's team that advanced to the quarterfinals of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. The four starters include senior point guard Christopher Anderson (Anaheim Hills, Calif.), senior guard Johnny Dee (Vista, Calif.), junior wing Duda Sanadze (Tbilisi, Georgia) and junior center Jito Kok (Wageningen, Netherlands). They are joined by five other lettermen that saw considerable action - sophomore forward Brett Bailey (Spokane, Wash.), RS-senior forward Thomas Jacobs (Scripps Ranch, Calif.), RS-senior center Simi Fajemisin (Lynwood, Wash.), RS-junior Chris Sarbaugh (Spokane, Wash.) and RS-junior guard Nick Kerr (San Diego, Calif.). JOHNNY DEE SETS SIGHT ON USD SCORING RECORD: Senior guard Johnny Dee, who has been the team's leading scorer in each of his first three years, enters his final season with 1,519 career points. Currently third on USD's all-time scoring list, he needs 272 points to set the new mark of 1,791 points and move ahead of Brandon Johnson (1,790; ). He needs 207 points to move into second place ahead of Gyno Pomare (1,725 points; ). In his first three seasons Dee has turned in season point totals of 426 ( ), 511 ( ), and 582 ( ). He is USD's all-time leader in three-pointers made (253) and attempted (624), and last year ranked No. 1 in the nation in free throw percentage (.945, ). He owns a career mark of.905 ( ) from the charity stripe. CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON ALL-TIME TORERO ASSIST LEADER: Senior point guard Christopher Anderson set the USD single season record for assists with 216 last year and also became the program's all-time leader in career dishes with 560. Now with 196 career steals, he needs 45 this coming season to move into USD's all-time No. 1 spot with 241 (240, Brandon Johnson, ). In his first three seasons he has tallied the following totals for assists/steals - 156/63 ( ), 188/69 ( ), and 216/64 ( ). Anderson will head into his final year with 949 career points and needs just 51 points to become USD's 24th player to join the 1,000 point club. JITO KOK SETS SINGLE SEASON RECORD FOR BLOCKED SHOTS: Last season junior center Jito Kok set the single season record for blocked shots with 63. Now with 118 through his first two seasons, he will be gunning for the Torero all-time mark of 183 (Scott Thompson, ) Alcala Park, San Diego, California / Fax: 619/ tgosen@sandiego.edu #GoGetIt

2 HIGHLIGHTS: TEAM Pacifica, , vs. UNCG, Rebounding 59, vs. Pacifica, , vs. SDCC, Assists 16, vs. SDCC, , vs. BYU/LMU/Pacifica/UNM/GCU Steals 13, vs. SDCC, , vs. So. Utah, Blocks 9, vs. Pepperdine, , vs. SCU/PACIFIC/LMU FG% 54.8% (23-42), vs. PEP, %, vs. UNCG, PT% 100%, (3-3) vs. LMU, %, vs. UP, FT% 93.3%, vs. GON, %, vs. UNM, INDIVIDUAL Scoring 28, J. Dee, vs. LMU, , J. Dee, vs. SDSU, , J. Dee, vs. GON/PEP 25, J. Dee, vs. UNM, , D. Sanadze, vs. SCU, , D. Kramer, vs. SMC, Rebounding 13, D. Kramer, vs. Pacifica, , T. Jacobs, vs. SDCC, , J. Kok, vs. NKU, , D. Kramer, vs. UP/UCSB/SDSU 10, C. Anderson, vs. Pacific, , S. Fajemisin, vs. Pacifica, Assists 12, C. Anderson, vs. LMU/UNM/GCU 9, C. Anderson, vs. Pacific/UCSB Steals 5, C. Anderson, vs. SUU, , C. Anderson, vs. BYU/GON/SCU/SMC 4, J. Dee, vs. LMU, Blocks 5, J. Kok, vs. PACIFIC/UP 4, D. Kramer, vs. SCU, , J. Kok, vs. PEP, , S. Fajemisin, vs. Pacifica, FG% (min. 6 made).857 (6-7), D. Kramer, (8-10), J. Dee, PT% (min. 4 made) (4-4), J. Dee, (6-9), C. Anderson, (4-6), J. Dee, FT% (min. 8 made) 1.000, (10-10), J. Dee, , (9-9), C. Anderson, , (14-15), D. Sanadze, TORERO DUO HONORED FOR ACADEMICS: The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced the NABC Honors Court, recognizing those men's collegiate basketball student-athletes who excelled in academics during the past season. A pair of University of San Diego men's basketball players, Johnny Dee and Nick Kerr, represented the USD basketball team on this list. The NABC Honors Court recognizes the talents and gifts that these men possess off the court and the hard work they exhibit in the classroom. Both players were also named to the West Coast Conference All-Academic Team. NEWCOMERS TO ADD IMMEDIATE DEPTH: Four incoming scholarship student-athletes add depth to the Torero lineup and are expected to see action and make an immediate impact - 6'0" point guard Marcus Harris (San Antonio, TX), 6'2" guard Khalil Bedart-Ghani (Inglewood, CA), 6'5" combo guard Vasa Pusica (Belgrade, Serbia) and 6'7" forward Cameron Neubauer (Berlin, Germany). TOREROS TRAVEL TO ITALY OVER SUMMER: The USD basketball team combined academics and athletics in a unique basketball trip to Italy this past summer. NCAA teams are allowed to take an international summer trip every four years and the Toreros hadn't been out of the country since 2010 when they went to Vancouver, BC. USD left August 12th for an 11-day day trip to Europe and besides playing three games, the Toreros combined this trip through USD's study abroad program. The team spent the bulk of the summer taking a religion course, Early Christianity, with USD Theology & Religious Studies Professor Florence Gillman. She traveled with the team to Italy and the players continued the learning process via tours, by recording what they saw by way of photos, and by keeping a journal. The players all took a final exam before returning home. The group visited Rome, Naples, Florence and Pompeii. USD also conducted a youth skills clinic on a Navy base in Naples. THE SCHEDULE: The Toreros non-conference slate will be highlighted by two Southern California tournaments (LMU Classic and Wooden Legacy), and a tough three-game road stretch over an 8-day span in December against the likes of San Diego State, UCLA and UC Santa Barbara. The Toreros won t venture out of the state of California until game 28 when they play at BYU on Feb. 19th, followed by trips to Gonzaga, Portland and the WCC Tournament in Las Vegas. Our schedule is difficult and challenging but one I know our team is looking forward to playing, said USD head coach Bill Grier. Whether it s our opener against Boise State in the LMU Classic or the first round of the Wooden Legacy against Xavier, we will have some demanding stretches in the schedule. Playing three straight road games at SDSU, UCLA and UCSB within an 8 day period will be the toughest week in the non-conference schedule that we ve ever had. The Toreros will open up their 12-game non-conference slate with two road games at the LMU Classic that will be played in Los Angeles over November The Toreros will face Boise State on Friday, Nov. 14th at 3:30 p.m., followed by S.E. Missouri State on Saturday, Nov. 15th at 2:30 p.m. USD s first of thirteen home games at the Jenny Craig Pavilion will be played on Wednesday, Nov. 19th, when they host Florida A&M. USD will kickoff play in the 2014 Wooden Legacy with a home game against Western Michigan on Nov. 24th. The Toreros will then continue tourney play with back-to-back games at Titan Gym on the campus of Cal State Fullerton against Xavier (Nov. 27th, 1:30 p.m., ESPN2) and either Princeton or UTEP (Nov. 28th, TBD). USD s final game of the tournament will be held on Sunday, Nov. 30th (TBD) against one of four remaining teams (Long Beach State, San Jose State, Washington, Western Michigan) in Anaheim at the Honda Center. All three games will be televised on one of the ESPN family of networks. December will begin with tough back-to-back road games against 2014 Sweet Sixteen programs San Diego State (Dec. 4, 8 p.m., ESPNU) UCLA (Dec. 7). Following a Dec. 11th trip to face UC Santa Barbara, the Toreros will close out their nonconference schedule with home games against New Orleans (Dec. 13) and San Diego Christian (Dec. 21). Following Christmas the Toreros will host Portland (Dec. 27) and Gonzaga (Dec. 29) to kickoff their West Coast Conference schedule. Other WCC home dates will include LMU (Jan. 8), Pepperdine (Jan. 10), BYU ((Jan. 24), Santa Clara (Jan. 29), San Francisco (Jan. 31), Pacific (Feb. 12) and Saint Mary s (Feb. 14). San Diego s WCC road slate will begin on New Year s Day at San Francisco, followed by road dates against Santa Clara (Jan. 3), Saint Mary s (Jan. 15), Pacific (Jan. 17), LMU (Feb. 5), Pepperdine (Feb. 7), BYU (Feb. 19, ESPNU), Gonzaga (Feb. 26, ESPN2 or ESPNU) and Portland (Feb. 28). The 2015 WCC Basketball Championships will once again be played at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada from March Two opening round games will be played on March 6th (6 & 8 pm); four quarterfinals games will be played on March 7th (12, 2, 6, & 8 pm); two semifinal games will be played on March 9th (6 & 8 pm); with the championship game coming on Tuesday, March 10th (6pm, ESPN or ESPN2).

3 Jack Cronin You can follow him on twitter JACK CRONIN NAMED USD'S VOICE OF TORERO MEN'S BASKETBALL Jack Cronin will be the play-by-play voice for Toreros men's basketball this season with all games being aired on ESPN 1700AM. Cronin takes over for Andy Masur who after seven years of outstanding work as USD's play-by-play announcer, relocated back to his hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Cronin is in his 8th year as the play-by-play announcer for University of San Diego Football, and has been the #2 voice for USD Men's Basketball the last seven years. He spent nine years at The Mighty 1090 Sports Radio as a host, reporter and Executive Producer, and is now at NewsRadio 600 KOGO as an anchor and reporter here in San Diego. This year he began working for TheW.tv calling volleyball and soccer. He is also in his 8th year calling football, basketball, baseball, softball, track & field, water polo and volleyball on television for Time Warner Cable and the TWC SportsNet. Cronin graduated in 2004 from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Integrative Biology. "I am honored to have been offered a larger role with the University of San Diego," said Jack Cronin. "Having worked with the athletic department for the last eight years, I have been impressed by the work ethic, loyalty and atmosphere displayed at Alcala Park. I want to thank Ky Snyder and USD Athletics for the opportunity. I cannot wait for November and the prospects of the season." FINAL WCC STANDINGS GON BYU USF SMC PEP USD POR PACIFIC SCU LMU WCC TOURNAMENT RETURNS TO LAS VEGAS: The 2015 WCC Basketball Championship returns to Las Vegas, Nevada and The Orleans Arena from March 6th through March 10th. Beginning with the quarterfinal matchups on March 6th, games will be televised by the ESPNU family network with the WCC Basketball Championship quarterfinals (Saturday, March 7), semifinals (Monday, March 9, ESPN and or 2) and the championship game on Tuesday, March 10 (ESPN or 2) UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER NO. NAME HT./WT. POS. YR/EXP. HOMETOWN/HS (COLLEGE) 00 Christopher Anderson 5-7/150 PG SR/3V Anaheim, CA/Canyon 1 Johnny Dee 6-0/185 G SR/3V Vista, CA/Rancho Buena Vista 2 Brandon Perry 6-7/265 F-C RS-SO/TR Fresno, CA/Taft (CSUN) 3 Khalil Bedart-Ghani 6-4/192 G FR/HS Inglewood, CA/Loyola 4 Therone Tillett 5-11/180 PG RS-JR/1V Spokane, WA/John R. Rogers 5 Chris Sarbaugh 6-3/200 G RS-JR/1V Spokane, WA/Gonzaga Prep (North Idaho College) 10 Duda Sanadze 6-5/210 G JR/1V Tbilisi, Georgia 11 Marcus Harris 6-0/168 PG FR/HS San Antonio, TX/Douglas MacArthur 12 Cameron Neubauer 6-7/220 F FR/HS Berlin, Germany/Choate Rosemary Hall Prep (CT) 13 Vasa Pusica 6-5/210 G FR/HS Belgrade, Serbia/Sunrise Christian Academy (KS) 15 Thomas Jacobs 6-6/220 F RS-SR/1V San Diego, CA/Scripps Ranch (CSUN) 20 Adam Gotelli 6-2/175 G FR/HS Stockton, CA/Elliott Christian 21 Forrest Greenwalt 5-9/160 G SO/1V San Antonio, TX/Saint Marys' Hall 22 Nick Kerr 6-3/180 G RS-JR/2V Rancho Santa Fe, CA/Torrey Pines 25 Simi Fajemisin 6-10/267 C RS-SR/3V Lynnwood, WA/Lynnwood 32 Brett Bailey 6-6/205 F SO/1V Spokane, WA/University 33 Jito Kok 6-9/232 C JR/2V Wageningen, Netherlands/Canarius Basketball Acad. COACHING STAFF Bill Grier - Head Coach (8th Year) Mike Burns - Assistant Coach (7th Year) Rodney Tention - Assistant Coach (4th Year) Kyle Bankhead - Assistant Coach (8th Year) Ryan Harbour - Dir. of Basketball Operations (2nd Year) Jeff Beach - Video Coordinator (2nd Year)

4 San Diego Toreros San Diego Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 27, 2014) All games Overall record: Conf: 7-11 Home: 10-7 Away: 6-8 Neutral: 2-2 Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 01 DEE, Johnny SANADZE, Duda KRAMER, Dennis ANDERSON,Christoph KOK, Jito BAILEY, Brett JACOBS, Thomas TILLETT, Therone SARBAUGH, Chris FAJEMISIN, Simi KERR, Nick GREENWALT, Forrest MARCONI, MJ Team Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS USD OPP SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals San Diego Opponents Date Opponent Score Att. # 11/8/13 SOUTH DAKOTA ST. W # 11/9/13 GRAND CANYON W at MORGAN STATE W /16/13 at Northern Kentucky W /21/13 SAN DIEGO CHRISTIAN W /25/13 vs UIC L /26/13 vs UNCG W /27/13 vs Southern Illinois W /30/13 at New Mexico L /5/13 SAN DIEGO STATE L /10/13 PACIFICA W /15/13 UC SANTA BARBARA L /21/13 SOUTHERN UTAH W * 12/28/13 at Pepperdine L * 12/30/13 at Loyola Marymount L * 01/04/14 at BYU L * 01/09/14 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT W * 01/11/14 PEPPERDINE L * 01/16/14 at Santa Clara W * 1/18/14 at San Francisco L * 01/23/14 at GONZAGA BULLDOGS L * 01/25/14 at Portland W * 1/30/14 SAINT MARY'S W * 2/1/14 PACIFIC L * 02/06/14 SAN FRANCISCO L * 02/08/14 SANTA CLARA L * 02/13/14 at Saint Mary's L * 02/15/14 at Pacific W * 02/20/14 PORTLAND W * 02/22/14 GONZAGA BULLDOGS W * 3/1/14 BYU L vs San Francisco L /18/14 PORTLAND STATE W /22/14 at Sam Houston State W /26/14 at Pacific L * - Conference game

5 San Diego Toreros San Diego Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 27, 2014) Conference games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 01 DEE, Johnny SANADZE, Duda KRAMER, Dennis ANDERSON,Christoph SARBAUGH, Chris KOK, Jito BAILEY, Brett FAJEMISIN, Simi JACOBS, Thomas KERR, Nick Team Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS USD OPP SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game Date Opponent Score Att. * 12/28/13 at Pepperdine L * 12/30/13 at Loyola Marymount L * 01/04/14 at BYU L * 01/09/14 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT W * 01/11/14 PEPPERDINE L * 01/16/14 at Santa Clara W * 1/18/14 at San Francisco L * 01/23/14 at GONZAGA BULLDOGS L * 01/25/14 at Portland W * 1/30/14 SAINT MARY'S W * 2/1/14 PACIFIC L * 02/06/14 SAN FRANCISCO L * 02/08/14 SANTA CLARA L * 02/13/14 at Saint Mary's L * 02/15/14 at Pacific W * 02/20/14 PORTLAND W * 02/22/14 GONZAGA BULLDOGS W * 3/1/14 BYU L * - Conference game Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals San Diego Opponents

6 San Diego Toreros San Diego Points-Rebounds-Assists (as of Mar 27, 2014) All games Opponent Date Score ANDERSON,C DEE,JOHNNY TILLETT,TH KERR,NICK SARBAUGH,C SANADZE,DU GREENWALT, SOUTH DAKOTA ST. 11/8/ W DNP DNP DNP GRAND CANYON 11/9/ W DNP DNP at MORGAN STATE W DNP DNP DNP at Northern Kentucky 11/16/ W DNP SAN DIEGO CHRISTIAN 11/21/ W vs UIC 11/25/ L DNP DNP DNP vs UNCG 11/26/ W DNP DNP DNP vs Southern Illinois 11/27/ W DNP DNP at New Mexico 11/30/ L DNP DNP SAN DIEGO STATE 12/5/ L DNP DNP DNP PACIFICA 12/10/ W UC SANTA BARBARA 12/15/ L DNP DNP SOUTHERN UTAH 12/21/ W at Pepperdine 12/28/ L DNP DNP DNP at Loyola Marymount 12/30/ L DNP DNP DNP at BYU 01/04/ L DNP DNP LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 01/09/ W DNP DNP DNP PEPPERDINE 01/11/ L DNP DNP DNP at Santa Clara 01/16/ W DNP DNP at San Francisco 1/18/ L DNP DNP DNP at GONZAGA BULLDOGS 01/23/ L DNP DNP DNP at Portland 01/25/ W DNP DNP SAINT MARY'S 1/30/ W DNP DNP DNP PACIFIC 2/1/ L DNP DNP SAN FRANCISCO 02/06/ L DNP DNP DNP SANTA CLARA 02/08/ L DNP DNP DNP at Saint Mary's 02/13/ L DNP DNP at Pacific 02/15/ W DNP DNP DNP PORTLAND 02/20/ W DNP DNP GONZAGA BULLDOGS 02/22/ W DNP DNP DNP BYU 3/1/ L DNP DNP vs San Francisco L DNP DNP PORTLAND STATE 3/18/ W DNP DNP at Sam Houston State 3/22/ W DNP DNP DNP at Pacific 03/26/ L DNP DNP Opponent Date Score JACOBS,THO MARCONI,MJ FAJEMISIN, BAILEY,BRE KOK,JITO KRAMER,DEN SOUTH DAKOTA ST. 11/8/ W DNP GRAND CANYON 11/9/ W DNP at MORGAN STATE W DNP at Northern Kentucky 11/16/ W SAN DIEGO CHRISTIAN 11/21/ W vs UIC 11/25/ L DNP vs UNCG 11/26/ W DNP vs Southern Illinois 11/27/ W DNP at New Mexico 11/30/ L DNP SAN DIEGO STATE 12/5/ L DNP PACIFICA 12/10/ W UC SANTA BARBARA 12/15/ L DNP SOUTHERN UTAH 12/21/ W at Pepperdine 12/28/ L DNP at Loyola Marymount 12/30/ L DNP at BYU 01/04/ L DNP LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 01/09/ W DNP PEPPERDINE 01/11/ L DNP at Santa Clara 01/16/ W DNP at San Francisco 1/18/ L DNP at GONZAGA BULLDOGS 01/23/ L DNP at Portland 01/25/ W DNP SAINT MARY'S 1/30/ W DNP PACIFIC 2/1/ L DNP SAN FRANCISCO 02/06/ L DNP SANTA CLARA 02/08/ L DNP at Saint Mary's 02/13/ L DNP at Pacific 02/15/ W DNP PORTLAND 02/20/ W DNP GONZAGA BULLDOGS 02/22/ W DNP BYU 3/1/ L DNP vs San Francisco L DNP PORTLAND STATE 3/18/ W DNP at Sam Houston State 3/22/ W DNP at Pacific 03/26/ L DNP